mes

/[ˈmes]/ noun

Letters

3 characters

Frequency Rank

#403

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

mes is aSpanishnoun. It means: Cada una de las doce partes, de duración variable según el sistema pero similar al ciclo lunar, en que se divide el año. Pronounced [ˈmes]. It ranks #403 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with mi and mm.

Key facts for mes
PropertyValue
Headwordmes
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈmes]
Letters3
Frequency rank#403
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of mes in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for mes is 3 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈmes]. Corpus data places it at rank #403 in overall Spanish word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No frequent misspelling variants are recorded for mes in our index, suggesting the orthography either follows predictable Spanish patterns or the word is uncommon enough that typo corpora lack signal.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "mi", "mm", "my", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is mes, spelled M-E-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Cada una de las doce partes, de duración variable según el sistema pero similar al ciclo lunar, en que se divide el año.
  2. 2
    Período entre una fecha de un mes₁ y la equivalente del siguiente.
  3. 3
    Más simplemente, período de 30 días, usado para los cálculos económicos y legales.
  4. 4
    Salario o pago correspondiente a un mes₃.
  5. 5
    Proceso cíclico fisiológico de las mujeres y hembras sexualmente maduras de los primates catarrinos, en que el cuerpo se prepara para un eventual embarazo, produciéndose al final del ciclo un sangrado vaginal fruto de la descamación del endometrio si no se ha producido la implantación de un embrión.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Frequency rank: #403 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "mes"?
"mes" is spelled M-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈmes].
What does "mes" mean?
As a noun, "mes" means: Cada una de las doce partes, de duración variable según el sistema pero similar al ciclo lunar, en que se divide el año.
What words are commonly confused with "mes"?
"mes" is commonly confused with "mi", "mm", "my". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "mes"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "mes" is [ˈmes]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "mes" come from?
"mes" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Other entries that begin with the letter M in our Spanish index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.